Reader of the Day: Vinci
Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 1:00PM 
I'm always curious about movie buffs on the West Coast. It's like another planet to me despite being such an origin spot for my life's obsession. So today we're chatting with Vinci in West Hollywood.
Nathaniel: When did you start reading TFE?
VINCI: I think it was about 2004/2005. I'm not sure. But I do recall questioning you on why you didn't consider Vera Farmiga as a Best Actress contender for Down to the Bone, so it was at least by then. You were one of the first Oscar sites I visited (the now defunct EverythingOscar was the other). I grew up in a small town before the internet and didn't have friends who were even casually interested in the Oscars, actors or even movies like myself. I felt a kinship with you. I stuck around because you write well and cover a lot of what interests me.
Do you remember your first movie or obsession?
A Yankee in King Arthur's Court, from what I can remember. The first moviegoing experience which I initiated was The Muppet Movie. I was four years old when I used my blueberry picking money to buy a Kermit the Frog doll with patches of velcro attached to his appendages. I also owned a Kermit the Frog watch.
But which watch did Vinci own???
I collected all four special edition McDonald's Happy Meal-issued glasses from The Great Muppet Caper. I loved the TV show and even checked out the short-lived reboot that had Michelle Pfeiffer hosting at one point.
Three? I think I'd rather be water-boarded. But, okay ... Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Tilda Swinton.
I have to ask about the body as that's the picture you sent. Were you motivated to recreate an action franchise physique, maybe a superhero?
Well, it works for Oscar; I seem to recall you played our favorite naked gold man in a music video?
I didn't have a whole lot of time to prepare; I mainly focused on good posture and tapping into my inner stoic.
Reader Comments (19)
Ok, forget what I said about wanting to hold Tilda's Oscar... I just changed my mind xD
Fernando -- you're too funny. Now I'm hoping Vinci will tell me which Kermit watch is correct ;) Maybe none of the above. I did a google search on "Kermit watch" and damn they plaster those Muppets on everything.
Favorite Reader of the Day thus far. ;)
Wow, this is really overtly turning into a pony show. Let's have a representative of the ugly community! Diversity!
Marsha -- there is no such things as an ugly Film Experience reader. You are all beautiful to me. :)
I'm the beholder and I declare you all beautiful even though I don't know what any of you look like till I do these surveys. Although I did know what Vinci looked like since I've seen that music video.
Elissa Rosenthal also does a very funny Christina Aguilera impression.
Vinci you sexy M.F. I don't remember a think you said.
*a thing
Umm...can we start a dating service at the Film Experience? :)
I definitely had the same Kermit stuffed animal as Vinci here.
And with the amount of gay men that read this site (myself included) I guess we totes could start a dating site. God knows it's impossible to find men in the real dating world with both intelligence, humor, and cinephilia/avid oscar-watching!
I would just like to let it be known that some of the men featured have been straight!
Lol @ everyones crush on Vinci.....but I'm following suit.
He seems like quite a douche bag.
Please note that Alex above is not me. If I was that ripped, I wouldn't have been wearing a tie in my picture. (I am fairly ripped, btw)
That video was hilarious!
Nathaniel: seems like you have awaken the spring beast inside every single gay reader of yours he he
LOL at Mauel. I'm half-tempted to send in a picture of myself wearing nothing but my briefs -- though that might be a little scary for some.
Great interview. Really funny. I might find the choice of picture slightly obnoxious, but whatever.
Some of us are at work. Maybe some decorum with photos like that on here.
Thanks for all the comments. Thanks to Nate for the interview.
As far as the Kermit watch, it was this one:
http://www.muppetcentral.com/collectibles/muppets/watches.shtml.
Wow, gotta love google.
Let's try that again:
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/File:Picco_kermit_watch.jpg
I don't have the watch (it was a cheapie or a knock-off?). I still have the doll though.